I haven’t been following the Olympics much in any sense of the word, say for the small trickle of info I see from time to time. Such a moment occurred today while perusing the CBC website where I learned of the Joannie Rochette issue.

For the most part people have been greatly sympathetic and supportive in this matter, but leave it to the comments section to overshadow the article itself. For those who have not had the pleasure, comment boards are generally filled with the most inane, knee jerk, self centered, narrow minded, ass holes in existence. Except for this site of course. Referring to John Gabriel’s Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory, the CBC is no exception. Sadly many of the people on these boards are very serious, and all too often their remarks are only rational in their own small little world. Really it’s nothing new, but for some reason the remarks pertaining to this article were especially irritating.

Essentially some people have been critical of Joannie, because in their mind, her time should have been better spent mourning with her family, and that she should have left the Olympics. Though that’s a rather narrow minded view. Actually in hindsight narrow mindedness is in keeping with human nature, so rock on you wild stallions. For those of us who don’t think we’re always right, we might see a problem in applying our personal views to that of another person. We all mourn in our own way, in the same way we all view the world differently. What kind of self-obsessed moron would expect everyone to behave in the same manner. There’s no RIGHT way to mourn, and anyone who thinks there is clearly thought more about mourning for appearances sake than the person they lost. If you want to cry, then cry. If you want to laugh, then laugh. Why make the situation any more depressing by blatantly conforming to whatever others say. And does anyone really think that Joannie’s mother would really want her daughter to miss her shot at something she’s worked so hard for? Personally, I think it shows greater conviction, love and respect that Joannie continued with that in mind. It’s just a valid, if not more so, expression of ones love than any “traditional” method of mourning. But clearly that was too much processing for some of the herd.

I guess what one can come away from this is… avoid the comments section. Especially, on the CBC. I think there’s something in the water there. It’s a minor group of people, but it always seems as if the worst of us, stand out amongst the crowd. Luckily, said crowd has been overwhelmingly supportive. Still, it’s great to see for all our self gratification of kindness and maturity, our country still has as much intolerance as it ever had.